n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1 : to arrange (yarns) so as to form a warp
2 a : to turn or twist out of or as if out of shape especially : to twist or bend out of a plane b : to cause to judge, choose, or act wrongly or abnormally : PERVERT c : DISTORT <intellect and learning ⋯ warp ed by prejudices ― Irving Wallace> < warp s space and time> d : to deflect from a course
3 : to move (as a ship) by hauling on a line attached to a fixed object
intransitive verb
1 : to become warped
2 : to move a ship by warping
synonyms see DEFORM
– warp · er noun